Neckscarf



A. M. BAKERMAN.

NECKSCARF.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16. 1920.

Patented Nov. 8, 1921-.

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A. M. BAKERMAN.

NECKSCARF.

APPLICATION FlLED NOV. 16. 1920- 1,396,240. Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

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PATENT OFFICE.

ABRAHAM M. BAKERMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NECKSGARF.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

Application filed November 16, 1920. Serial No. 424,378.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM M. BAKER- MAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Bronx, county of Bronx, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neckscarfs, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to the type of neck scarf disclosed in Letters Patent No. 1,349,486, issued to me August 10, 1920, in which a distinctive feature is the provision of a substitute for the usual four'in hand loop-knot, made in permanent form with an attached streamer, and with internal clutching means for securing both strands of the neck band. I 7

My improvements are designed to simplify and render more effective and convenient in use the operative parts of aneck scarf of the character designated,the invention consisting in thefspecific construction, combination and arrangement of elements described and claimed, and an essential feature comprising a hollow elastic-resilient noose segment in which is positioned an automatic clamping devicefor fastening the strands of the neck band,said clamping device being releasably operable by pressure applied extraneously through the medium of the said flexible noose segment, which latter tends constantly to assume its normally expanded configuration, all as hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1, is a front elevation of a neck scarf embodying the essential features of my invention;

Fig. 2, is a rear view of the medial portions thereof;

Fig. 3, is a similar view with the noose segment shown in section and the band clutch in elevation;

Fig. 4, is a rear view of the elastic resilient shell of the noose segment, and the ends of the strands of the neck band;

Fig. 5, is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the clutch also in section;

Fig. 6, is a like view illustrating the method of compressing the noose segment and clutch to release the neck band;

Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation of the shell of the noose segment taken at right angles to Fig. 5, and showing the clutch in elevation;

Fig. 8, is an enlarged perspective view of the clutch.

Viewed externally my improved neck scarf comprises the noose segment N; the neck band B; and the fly or streamer S, (one or more of which may be provided),-the latter being attached to the noose segment N, and consisting preferably of a portion of the same kind of textile fabric which forms the covering a, of the noose segment N.

The basic structure of the noose segment N, is a tubular shell of elastic resilient material, n, preferably rubber, of inverted conoidal configuration, the opening in the wider extremity being closed in part and medially by an arch of, thereby creating lateral inlets n n for the accommodation of the strands b, b, of the neck band B,said strands being passed therethrough and through the clutch C, and the lower contracted exit n, of the noose segment N. Incidentally in this connection it may be stated that the strands b, b, of the neck band B,

after being passed through the noose segment N, as stated, may be joined permanently near their extremities by stitching, as at 5, Figs. 1 and 4, or otherwise united or fastened together to prevent the total withdrawal of the neck band,-the latter being of suitable length to form a loop which may be passed over the head of the wearer when the strands b, b, are retracted sufliciently for the purpose through the noose segment and its clutch C.

The shell n, of the noose segment N, may be formed of a single piece of sheet rubber of suitable character and thickness, the abutting edges being cemented, stitched, or otherwise united, after the insertion and securing of the clutch C, to form an integral, unitary structure. Or the rubber shell n, may be molded in whole or in part by means well known in the art, as may be found most expedient,-its elasticity and resilience being such as to tend constantly to automatically maintain it in prescribed normal shape.

The clutch C, is also automatic in that it is rendered self-closing and expansible by spring pressure; and its construction may be modified and varied without departing from the spirit and intent of my invention in this respect, which contemplates broadly the combination, with the elastic resilient envelop or shell n, of the loop segment N, of an expansible clutch the contraction of tion, I show a clamping device of this character comprising hinged leaves 0 integral with the clamplng aws 0, c, plvotally connected as at 0*, with. coiled springs 0 0 positioned on said pintlet o the opposite ends of said springs bearing against the inner opposed sides of the leaves 0 0 ,and tending constantly to spread said leaves apart and force the clamping jaws c, 0', to-

gether, thereby securing the strands b, b, of the neck band B, between them, as shown more particularly in Figs. 3 and 5; whereas, as illustrated in Fig. 6, when the leaves 0 0 are pressed toward each other against the resistance of the springs 0*, 0 the clamping jaws c, 0', will be separated for the passage of the strands Z), Z), in either direction.

. The leaf 0 is formed with an extension bearing 0, for contacting with the interior surface of the shell a, of the noose. segment 'N; and the other leaf 0 is riveted or otherwise secured to the opposite side of said shell as indicated in Figs. 5 and 6, particularly, although, as before intimated, I do 'not restrict myself to the means of attachment, nor to the identical form and construction of, clamping means. shown herein.

8, s, are loop straps on the back of the streamer S, through which the ends of the strands 6,1), are passed to hold the latter in alinement and against lateral displacement. i

My elastic resilient noose segment N, in-

sures positive normal and symmetrical configuration of that part of the neck scarf, and obviates the difliculty and inconvenience incidental to loop or knot formation, which is one of the main objections to the use of the fourin hand tie,so called, and which requires. skill and patience to perfect.

Furthermore it eliminates creasing and deterioration of material by reason of frictional contact and strain involved in tying and untying the knot; and renders scarf pins unnecessary as a means of holding the loop against looseness 'or slip )ping,-the clutch b, holding the neck band taut and firm.

It is to be noted also in this connection that the clutch C, is not only invisible, but is isolated and protected by the rubber shell in which it is inclosed, but which does not however interfere with the convenient manipulation thereof.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

A neck scarf of the character designated,

comprising a neck band and a noose segment consisting of a continuous tubular shell of' elastic resilient material formed with an arched top having lateral inlets for the strands of said neck band, and interlocking spring clamping jaws attached to opposite internal sides of said noose segment and adapted toreceive and adjustably secure the otherwise loose strands. of the said neck band, for the purpose described. 7

ABRAHAM MQBAKERMAN. Witnesses:

'Gno. WM. Mmr'r,

DOROTHY Mm'rr. 

